File Compression & Encryption:

Website: WinRAR
We used the Intel X25-M SSD to provide a uniform performance base between all the boards tested in file compression and decompression.



Again the performance is slightly higher on the Asus board but the second or so difference means very little in the real world.

File Decompression & Decryption:

The two RAR archives created during the compression and encryption tests were then decompressed and decrypted.



Despite the MSI having slightly better SATA performance, they both perform about the same in the hard drive intensive decompression test.